Product
LG LMHM2017ST
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20180424-399A0-2147388395
Ownership age
About 57 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180424-399A0-2147388395. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LMHM2017ST. Incident: The LG Microwave was only 4 years old and it could have caught my kitchen on fire if we weren't home. It was not being used and started to heat and turned hot as well as my kitchen cabinet was beginning to get hot. Lucky my husband was home as well and we both smell something funny in the kitchen. Come to find out it was the microwave turning very hot.
Official report number: 20180424-399A0-2147388395. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.